January 19, 2016
By: James Miller
A review of The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy by Daniel Bell Literary Review of Canada September 2015 It was a typical Beijing scene. I was in a private room in a restaurant having dinner with a handful of...
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May 13, 2009
By: James Miller
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="360" caption="A poster announces a power plant to be built in Tianjin, China."] [/caption] On Sunday the New York Times published a report, China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants, which documented China's transition to cleaner forms of...
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February 23, 2009
By: James Miller
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Sustainability Salute from the Green Olympic Volunteers"][/caption] I'm teaching a course in religion and the environment this term, and my students are preparing to debate this very question: is democracy good for sustainability? By way of...
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